CORRECTION.In "What's that smell?" (SN: 5/15/99, p. 316), the statement that choline choline: see vitamin. choline Organic compound related to vitamins in its activity. It is important in metabolism as a component of the lipids that make up cell membranes and of acetylcholine. is an amino acid amino acid (əmē`nō), any one of a class of simple organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and in certain cases sulfur. These compounds are the building blocks of proteins. and a protein building block is wrong Nevertheless dietary restriction of choline, a B-complex vitamin, can control the odor odor (o´der) a volatile emanation perceived by the sense of smell. o·dor n. 1. The property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell. associated with trimethylaminuria. |
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